At 364 electoral votes for Barack Obama compared with the mere 163 votes for McCain, it appeared on Tuesday night as though America had set aside its petty prejudices in order to vote on the issues that really matter.
But apparently there is still much deep-seated ignorance and hate among the McCain supporters. This is not surprising, but it is sad and frustrating. And it is sometimes even frightening.
Case in point:
Over the weekend, I overheard a portion of a conversation between a 50-something man and his wife here in the Philly suburbs. The man was apparently very unhappy about the results of the presidential election. He was going on and on about how "that Hussein Obama -- or Barack Osama or whatever -- is a terrorist, and that wife of his is an angry colored woman."
Then he warned his wife that "come January, we'll have terrorists living in the White House. There will be race wars and more 9-11's every day all over this country."
But he assured his wife that they would be unlocking all their guns, and getting some more, so they'll "be ready when all his terrorist friends try and take over this country."
Whoa!
Obama isn't the scary one here.
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